The Simpsons are going on a cruise vacation — one that Bart doesn't want to end, as he fears his life on land is boring, so he fakes a viral pandemic on land.

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* AnAesop: "Stop complaining about not having fun, and instead, actually have fun."* DealWithTheDevil: When Bart suddenly found himself with enough money for the cruise vacation, he initially thought the Devil agreed to the deal.* DidNotThinkThisThrough: While it can be argued that Bart is a ten year old kid. Even he should've realized that lying to the ship that a pandemic had broken out was a bad idea in the long run. If he wanted to prolong the vacation, at least think of a way to keep it going for another week without scaring the passengers and crew..** When you're entertainig your guests, maybe not remind them of how miserable they will be once the cruise is over and they have to return to their boring, monotonous dead-end lives?* DisproportionateRetribution: Yeah Bart's prank was pretty horrible but that's no reason the ''whole family'' has to be stranded in Antarctica because of it. At the most they could've just thrown Bart in the brig on the return trip.* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: At the end when the Simpsons get stranded in Antarctica. They cause Bart to realize that enjoying the best moments in life can make it fun. The family ends up joining the penguins playing on the ice.* ImAHumanitarian: One of the cruise guests freaks out because she thinks she ate "people meat" during the time the ship was isolated from land. Its never confirmed, but judging by the general state of the boat, its entirerly possible. * {{Irony}}: Homer was briefly reading a magazine titled "Magazine Hater".* TheMagazineRule: This episode features a magazine for magazine haters.* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The vacation was going fine with no hitches whatsoever (they even got ''two'' upgrades for free). Then Bart panics when he realizes that it'll eventually end within the week. So he fakes a pandemic on the mainline just to keep it going. The ship falls to hell by the time the second week hits.* ShoutOut: ** The ending of an elderly Bart looking back on his life is based on the ending to ''{{Film/Titanic 1997}}''.** A DVD on the cruise ship is the Creator/JackBlack film ''[[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda Kung Fu Person]]''.* WhatAnIdiot: The actor who starred in the movie Bart used to fake the virus pandemic ''is on the boat'', yet never realized they were using his movie as footage. His only excuse is that "he made a lot of movies". The rest of the guests look understandably furious.